{"id":1759,"date":"2014-04-21T10:05:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2014-04-21T10:05:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:05:39","slug":"congratulations-to-my-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/congratulations-to-my-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to My Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for some of my literary friends!<\/p>\n<p>First, hearty congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesegannon.com\/\">Chuck Gannon<\/a>, whose novel <em>Fire With Fire<\/em> just won the Compton Crook Award! As some of you know, I take an inordinate amount of pleasure at seeing that particular novel get the recognition I think it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2014\/04\/finalists-2014-hugo-award-1939-retro-hugos-with-free-fiction-links\/\">Hugo Award nominations<\/a> were announced, and several of my friends are on the ballot!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hugo Award Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/pix\/blog\/hugoawardlogo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations are in order for all the nominees, but I especially congratulate these fine folks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Larry Correia, for <em>Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles <\/em> (Best Novel)<\/li>\n<li>Aliette de Bodard, for &#8220;The Waiting Stars&#8221; (Best Novelette)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Robinette Kowal, for &#8220;The Lady Astronaut of Mars&#8221; (Best Novelette) and <em>Writing Excuses Season 8 <\/em> (Best Related Work)<\/li>\n<li>John Picacio (Best Professional Artist)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Swirsky, for &#8220;If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love&#8221;\u00a0(Best Short Story)<\/li>\n<li>Howard Tayler, for <em>Writing Excuses Season 8<\/em> (Best Related Work)<\/li>\n<li>Brad Torgersen, for &#8220;The Chaplain&#8217;s Legacy&#8221; (Best Novella) and &#8220;The Exchange Officers&#8221; (Best Novelette)<\/li>\n<li>Toni Weisskopf (Best Editor, Long Form)<\/li>\n<li>Sheila Williams (Best Editor, Short Form)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So again, congratulations one and all to these and all the other nominees!<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><em>Full Disclosure: This post is full of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> goodness, and I am a contract editor for Baen.<\/em><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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